Fiona Parry, 43, was brutally attacked in Caernarfon in front of her terrified youngsters, who were on their way back to school on the first day of term.

She spent four weeks in a coma, and has only recently recovered enough to talk of her ordeal and the long road back to recovery.

Fiona, 43, speaking exclusively to the Daily Post as she fought back tears, said: “I had died twice. But I have children. My kids are my life. It’s my children who come first. After all I have six kids and I wanted them back in my arms. I wanted to be back with them. My kids were missing me.

“I just want to enjoy life with my kids one hundred per cent. I’ve missed them. Honest to God you wouldn’t believe how much. To be home with them would be the best Christmas present ever.”

After a meeting with doctors and tests to see if she was capable of walking and carrying out tasks such as making a cup of tea, Fiona was allowed to leave Ysbyty Gwynedd and moved in with one of her two sisters, Nicky Lloyd, 45, in Llanrug, Caernarfon.